Cycladic Massif

The Cycladic Massif is a Miocene high-pressure orogenic segment located in the Aegean Sea underlying the Cyclades.^[1] Initially, the Massif was a single island which began to break apart due to the tectonic activities of the subduction of the African Plate under the Eurasian Plate during the late Miocene Epoch.

References

1. Katzir Y, Garfunkel Z, Avigad D, Matthews A (2008). "The geodynamic evolution of the Alpine orogen in the Cyclades (Aegean Sea, Greece): insights from the diverse origins and modes of emplacement of ultramafic rocks". In Dilek, Yildirim, T. Taymaz, Y. Yilmaz (eds.). The Geodynamics of the Aegean and Anatolia - Special Publication no 291 (Geological Society Special Publications). London: Geological Society of London. ISBN 1-86239-239-0.